Wei and Jin cooks

Fu Tinghan was going to Qingzhou and Guangzhou. After thinking about it, Zhao Hanzhang gave Shi Hongtu and Lu Daxuan the rank of generals, allowing each of them to bring a thousand soldiers and horses, and the two of them to bring two thousand men to escort Fu Tinghan. Go to Qingzhou.

Zhao Kuan and Sun Linghui set off a few days ago. Calculating the time, it should be here now. By the time Fu Tinghan passes, they should be familiar with the place and can start thinking about the salt.

As soon as Gao Jie of the ANBU heard that Fu Tinghan was going to Qingzhou, he immediately followed the ANBU's caravan.

Although he didn't know what Fu Tinghan was going to do, he hadn't operated for a long time. Ever since the Huns went south and everything was in chaos, he could only wander back and forth between Yuzhou and Sizhou. He didn't dare to go too far, lest he accidentally get killed. It was robbed by bandits.

As soon as Fu Tinghan left, the Suan Min Order with Yuzhou as the center and Chen County as the starting point was launched vigorously.

Zhao Hu endured the heartache and reported his assets and the number of vehicles and ships to the county government, and then asked the accountant to calculate the money and bring it to the government office.

Oh, it's not lifting, it's pulling.

When the first car arrived at the county government office, the last car was still on the corner street and had not turned out. A good person deliberately followed the cars and counted them. After a while, he came back, found his companion, and exclaimed: "Do you know how many there are?" A car?”

"How many?"

He pointed out two fingers and turned over it. His companion was also shocked, "Twenty cars? Are they all money?"

The companion suppressed the excitement in his heart and said: "It's all money!"

The yamen servant lifted the box from the car, opened it and counted it. After confirming that it was correct, he was about to carry the box to the warehouse. Unexpectedly, the steward who came to pay the money stopped him and said: "Wait a minute, this money belongs to you, but the box has to be returned." For us.”

The old man specially told me to take the box back. This box is made of good wood and is worth a lot of money.

If they weren't afraid of being shabby, they would actually prefer to put the money in sacks, but the old man was stingy and concerned about his face, so he had to put it in a box and take it back after he had packed it.

Yamen:......

If this were an ordinary person, he would definitely scold the other person. If he didn't want to give him a box, just put it in a sack.

But this is the steward of Zhao Hu's family. As the saying goes, the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's house. Although the steward of Zhao Qizhao's family is not a seventh-rank official, he can't be too offended, so he can only turn around to find the accountant and take out the Dozens of bags arrived, and a group of people counted money, kept accounts, and stuffed money into sacks not far from the county government office gate.

There was too much money and it couldn't be finished at the same time. The county magistrate came out to see it in person, and then ran to the school. After a while, the senior students in the school temporarily changed the class to a practical class, and the math teacher came over to count the money together. .

It was the first time for the students to see so much money. To be honest, it was also the first time for the arithmetic teacher and the county magistrate to see so much money.

Chen County Magistrate Wei Chao was just promoted by Zhao Hanzhang. He was previously the Zhencheng County Magistrate. Although they are both county magistrates, their official positions and status are different.

He was very attentive and worked very hard. In this regard, he kept counting until night, and the county government office kept the lights on. After all the money was counted, and after confirming that it was correct, he personally watched the storage, locked the lock and sent out the order. He was guarded by five government officials, and he took the key and ran to see Zhao Ming.

This money was so much that half of the county government's treasury was taken up. The money had to be taken away, otherwise he would not be able to sleep at night.

Zhao Ming didn't sleep either. He always dealt with government affairs quickly, so he stayed up late to count his family assets.

If Zhao Hu is the representative of the gentry wealthy, then Zhao Ming is the representative of the gentry officials. Only if both of them take the lead in paying the misfortune, others will take action.

Zhao Ming was in an impetuous mood while doing the accounting, so after enduring it, he finally threw away his pen and called the housekeeper, "Uncle Shan, when will our accounting office arrive?"

The mountain man bowed and whispered: "We are already urging you. They will come up after counting the assets at home."

Zhao Ming snorted and said: "It's too slow. There are so many assets in Uncle Qi's family, and they are counted so quickly. All the money has been sent to the county government, but our accounting office hasn't come up yet."

The mountain people lowered their heads and did not dare to refute.

Zhao Ming waved his hand to ask him to retreat.

The mountain man bowed and retreated, then straightened up when he got outside. When he saw the fifth master playing chess pieces at the stone table, he walked over.

Zhao Song asked without raising his head: "Were you scolded?"

The mountain man clasped his hands in front of his belly, stood behind him and watched him play chess pieces, and sighed: "The seventh master's family only has eighteen tents, how can our family compare? The speed is naturally slower. , but I don’t agree that our accountant is not as good as Mr. Qi’s. Mr. Lang said that the accountant would not be negligent. He would definitely account for every grain and wheat, unlike Qi. Grandpa’s house…”

After saying this, he paused and asked Zhao Song in a low voice, "Does the Fifth Master think the Seventh Master is really that honest and reports his assets truthfully?"

Zhao Hanzhang wanted to calculate the miscellaneous money. Of course, it was impossible to send accountants to every household to count other people's property and then calculate the taxes. She directly ordered each household that met the standards to count their assets and report them, and then pay the miscellaneous money.

Zhao Hu reported a number to the county government, as well as a list of vehicles and vessels, and then paid the calculation and vehicle and vessel taxes according to the above.

The mountain people were just doubtful, but Zhao Song directly affirmed: "He can't be that honest."

When the mountain people heard this, they were worried, "Sanniang won't get into trouble with the seventh master, right?"

Zhao Song sighed: "Who knows?"

Zhao Hanzhang didn't make a fuss. When she heard that Zhao Hu sent someone to bring twenty carts of money to the county government with great fanfare, she couldn't help but laugh. Then she said to Zhao Yunxin beside her: "Write it down. Tomorrow I will write a message to the county government." Seventh Uncle, to reward him for setting a good example."

Zhao Yunxin agreed. She quietly glanced at Ji Yuan, Ming Yu and the others who were sitting cross-legged below. She still couldn't help but whispered: "Do you believe that the seventh uncle has paid enough for the money?"

"Of course," Zhao Hanzhang said with a gentle smile: "I have never doubted the character of the seventh uncle. Since he took the initiative to pay his dues, he has paid his dues fully."

Zhao Yunxin looked at Zhao Hanzhang's smiling face and felt extremely ashamed. She apologized repeatedly to her seventh uncle in her heart, feeling that this time she was judging a gentleman with a villain's heart.

Shijun is well-informed and said so definitely that he must have found out that the seventh uncle did not evade taxes this time.

Zhao Yunxin took out a small notebook and wrote down the writing so that she could remind Zhao Hanzhang tomorrow.

Zhao Hanzhang turned to her and said, "You are tired today, go back and eat and rest."

Zhao Yunxin glanced around and guessed that they had something confidential to discuss, so she bowed and left.

When Zhao Yunxin retreated, Ji Yuan smiled and asked, "Do you really believe that the Seventh Master has truthfully reported his family assets?"

Zhao Hanzhang said: "He took out twenty carts of money. After a rough calculation, the amount was probably more than ten million, and he took it to the county government to count it out in front of me with great fanfare. This is enough."

Ji Yuan thought for a while and then smiled and said: "After today, the wealthy people who are still waiting will probably have to hurry up and report their assets. It is indeed an example. I should give you this piece of writing."

See you tomorrow